Improvement in molds for fancy buttons



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK MAASS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOLDS FOR FANCY BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,916, dated October21, 1873; application filed September 13, 1873. r

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, FREDERICK MAAss, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMolds for Fancy Buttons, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a top view of one of my improved molds uncovered. Fig. 2 isa detail section of the same taken through the line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a top view of the same covered. Fig. 4 is a detail section of thesame taken through the line y 3 Fig. 3. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved fancy button, themold of which shall be so formed that the cover may be put on, held inplace, and ornamented with cord or thread without sewing. The inventionconsists in the grooves formed in the outer surface of the molds, and inthe cords or threads in combination with the grooves of the molds,forsecuring the cover in place upon said molds, as hereinafter fullydescribed.

A represents a mold, which is formed in the ordinary way, and the outersurface of which may be convex or flat, as may be desired, and which hasa hole, a formed through its center. In the outer surface of the mold Aare formed six, more or less, radial grooves, 0, which grooves extendacross the edge of the said mold, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. B is thecover, which may be cloth or other suitable material, and which isspread over the outer surface of the mold A, and its edges are drawntogether upon the inner surface of said mold, either with or without apuckering thread, as may be desired. G is a cord or thread, which ispassed through a hole, ed, in the center of the mold A, and drawn intothe grooves a of said mold, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.. The grooves (0thus keep the cord or thread 0 in place, and also partially sink itbeneath the surface of said mold, so that it may be less subject towear. The cord or thread 0 not only ornaments the button and holds thecover smoothly and closely to the outer surface of the mold, but it alsostrengthens the cover and enables it to be more firmly sewed to thegarment, as the thread may be passed around or through the cords G aswell as through the inner part of the cover 13.

Having thus desoribed'my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby LettersPatent- 1. The grooves a, formed in the outer surface of themolds A, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The cords or threads C, in combination with the grooves a of themolds A, for securing the coverB in place upon said molds, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

FREDERICK MAASS.

Witnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER.

